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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CHIET1" data-source="post: 1459699" data-attributes="member: 368096">[USER=400639]@CaptainKidd27[/USER] , head up and look forward not back! Yes what you did was careless and definitely not a good a idea for any period of time. However, if you continue to look back and beat yourself up it will increase your stress levels. You have made the wise decision to start taking your insulin again, so keep that up and slowly your numbers will come back to normal. You should make it a priority to schedule a check up with your diabetes team, just to help you out in terms of managing everything and also checking for any signs of complications. We are the lucky ones, remember that 100 years ago insulin did not exist. Also, the technology we have today did not exist. I think it was only in the 60s that blood sugar meters became available and even then only to doctors at a huge price. Are you familiar at all with Dr. Bernstein's work? He lived through the time before blood sugar meters and had high blood sugar readings and complications as a T1 diabetic. Of course he developed complications, but when blood sugar meters became available he managed to get one and started testing his BS levels before and after eating. Over time identifying the foods that caused the BS levels to spike and then eliminating these foods. Through these changes and adjusting his insulin requirements accordingly, over the years all complications reversed and he is still working long days in his specialist diabetes practice in New York. Check hime out on you tube, his videos are free just google Dr. Bernstein's diabetes university. Anyway, my point with this is that even if you have caused some damage over the past 9 months, if you focus now and get your blood sugar levels back down into the normal range going forward, you can undo the damage and get on with living your life! Also, maybe try to find other diabetics in your area or county and try to arrange a meet up every so often to discuss things. I have made an effort to do this recently and I have found it great! These forums are great, but it is always better to speak to people face to face I think.Good luck and get going!</blockquote>

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